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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2001
Patrick Justin Laffey, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Gerald Francis Mcbrearty, Austin, TX (US);
Jessica Kelley Murillo, Hutto, TX (US);
Johnny Meng-han Shieh, Austin, TX (US);
Kim-khanh VU Tran, Austin, TX (US);
Scott Trieu Tran, Austin, TX (US);
Patrick Justin Laffey, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Gerald Francis McBrearty, Austin, TX (US);
Jessica Kelley Murillo, Hutto, TX (US);
Johnny Meng-Han Shieh, Austin, TX (US);
Kim-Khanh Vu Tran, Austin, TX (US);
Scott Trieu Tran, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In an interactive display interface, an implementation for highlighting all icons in any set of a plurality of the icons, wherein each icon in the set is within a predetermined distance of an approaching pointer or cursor. In other words, the point of the pointer or cursor may be considered to be surrounded by a circular halo with a radius of said predetermined distance. The user moves the cursor in a standard manner. However, if the icons that the moving cursor is approaching are so densely spaced that more than one icon comes within the halo, then all of the icons within this set of the plurality of icons is highlighted to give the user a more distinct choice. The highlighting of each of the highlighted icons is ended when the pointer moves outside of the predetermined distance or halo radius.